4.48 Psychosis

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• Psychosis (disambiguation) — Psychosis or Psychotic may refer to: *Psychosis, a generic psychiatric term for a mental state characterized by loss of contact with reality *Psychosis, the name of wrestler Dionicio Castellanos * Psychosis , a song by Hawkwind from their 1980… …   Wikipedia

• Psychosis — Psy*cho sis, n. [NL. See {Psycho }.] [1913 Webster] 1. Any vital action or activity. Mivart. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Psychōsis — (v. gr.), 1) Beseelung; 2) Seelenstörung, Seelenkrankheit …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• psychosis — 1847, mental derangement, from Gk. psykhe mind (see PSYCHE (Cf. psyche)) + Mod.L. osis abnormal condition. Gk. psykhosis meant animation, principle of life …   Etymology dictionary

• psychosis — *insanity, lunacy, mania, dementia …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• psychosis — has the plural form psychoses …   Modern English usage

• psychosis — ► NOUN (pl. psychoses) ▪ a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality …   English terms dictionary

• psychosis — [sī kō′sis] n. pl. psychoses [sī kō′sēz΄] [ModL: see PSYCHO & OSIS] a major mental disorder in which the personality is very seriously disorganized and contact with reality is usually impaired: psychoses are of two sorts, a) functional… …   English World dictionary

• Psychosis — Not to be confused with Psychopathy. For other uses, see Psychosis (disambiguation). Psychosis Classification and external resources ICD 10 F20 F29[1] ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

• Psychosis: Emergence of Concepts —    (See also Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States [from 1909]; Paranoia; Paraphrenia; Positive vs. Negative Symptoms; Schizophrenia: Emergence; Unitary Psychosis.)    In medicine, psychosis can mean (1) loss of contact with reality, in… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• Psychosis, ICU — A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience anxiety, become paranoid, hear voices, see things that are not there, become severely disoriented in time and place, become very agitated,… …   Medical dictionary